Occupations/25-2051.00
Special Education Teachers, Preschool
Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
23%
More resilient
Human characteristics
66%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
26%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement.
- Mostly human
Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
- Mostly human
Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
- 02Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
- 03Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement.
- 04Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs.
- 05Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.
- 06Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual education plans (IEPs).
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.41
- Degree of automation1.55
- Time sitting2.76
- Originality (ability)2.88
- Conflict situations2.89
- Hands-on objects/tools2.70
- Outdoors / weather2.83
- Disease exposure3.08
- Decision freedom4.09
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.12
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Problem Sensitivity4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Deductive Reasoning3.88
- Written Expression3.75
- Inductive Reasoning3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing3.75
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.25
- Science2.00
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.62
- Learning Strategies3.75
- Monitoring3.75
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 58 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $67,660 2 yr $66,089 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $15,200 | 57% | 86% | 1 yr $60,839 2 yr $59,079 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $60,689 2 yr $58,402 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $57,477 2 yr $57,125 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $55,151 2 yr $51,273 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Texas State Technical College Waco, TX · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $7,200 | 100% | 45% | 1 yr $54,192 2 yr $50,856 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $52,107 2 yr $50,105 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $51,551 2 yr $51,273 Graduate certificate · CIP 13.10 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $50,527 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $9,200 | 67% | 56% | 1 yr $50,439 2 yr $47,846 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $50,105 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $48,725 2 yr $49,618 Master's · CIP 13.10 |